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WORLD ENERGY DIALOGUE 2007 – Hannover, 17-19 April
In its latest report, the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) warns that the inefficient use of fossil fuels poses a threat to continued economic growth and prosperity. Even China is now talking about slowing the pace of its economic growth in order to rein in it its enormous energy consumption and halt environmental degradation.
For all branches of industry and trade, both public- and private-sector, the fastest and most economically sustainable path to greater climate protection and security of energy supply is to conserve energy by making greater use of existing high-efficiency technologies.
Dr. Christian Urbanke, Group Executive Committee, Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution: “We must act now. Even if opinions differ as to which future energy mix is the most appropriate in the context of global climate change, there is one energy source that is always available – greater energy efficiency. This is an area where the industrial sector can make a huge impact. Siemens, for example, has developed a range of innovative products, systems and services that enable its energy-sector customers to generate, transmit and distribute electrical energy more efficiently and in a more eco-friendly manner. And industry itself is also using these technologies to continuously improve its own energy efficiency.”
Energy-efficient, state-of-the-art technologies are maturing into major export earners worldwide, providing a solid basis for sustainable economic growth. Germany’s federal government, for example, believes manufacturers should seize upon the need for greater energy efficiency as an opportunity to market leading-edge technologies worldwide.
“For purely economic reasons, it is imperative that industrialized countries like Germany dramatically increase their energy productivity, market energy-efficient, cutting-edge technologies internationally and open up alterative energy sources, while at the same time securing the long-term buy-in of fast-developing nations like China, India, South Africa and Brazil. If we fail to do this in time, the global economic growth engine will grind to a halt, with painful consequences for all, including the industrialized countries”, warns Professor Klaus Töpfer, chairman and moderator of the WORLD ENERGY DIALOGUE 2007.
As the world’s foremost industrial technology trade fair, HANNOVER MESSE 2007 (16 to 20 April) is well positioned to highlight the overarching importance of energy efficiency for all areas of technology.
Which is why the organizers of HANNOVER MESSE created the WORLD ENERGY DIALOGUE, a central forum designed to promote global dialog on vitally important energy technology innovations and pressing issues of energy policy at the very highest levels of industry and government.
“Greater energy efficiency translates directly into improved climate protection and security of supply. Energy costs and hence the ability to conserve energy will soon become critical success factors for entire regions and industries. Maximizing energy efficiency will thus become crucial to the competitiveness of industrial production. This is why energy efficiency is a core theme at HANNOVER MESSE. Nowhere else can one gain a better understanding of the latest technologies for efficient energy production and utilization in all its various application areas than at the ,Energy’ tradeshow and its sister shows at HANNOVER MESSE”, explains Deutsche Messe Board Chairman Sepp D. Heckmann.
The WORLD ENERGY DIALOGUE 2007 is where high-profile industry, R&D, energy-sector, government-sector and finance-sector leaders will gather to discuss all aspects of energy efficiency and set the tone for international industrial and economic policymaking. Strategically located at the heart of the world’s largest industrial trade fair, the WORLD ENERGY DIALOGUE is assured of a global audience and lasting global resonance.
The German Energy Agency (dena) estimates that energy efficiency measures have the potential to reduce Germany’s energy consumption by more than 20 percent on 2005 levels by the year 2020.
dena’s Chief Executive, Stephan Kohler: “The more energy one consumes, the more dependent one becomes on it. Maintaining a secure, reliable energy supply going forward requires strategies that can be implemented worldwide, are economically sustainable and do not exacerbate climate change. Therefore, the only viable strategies are those which promote energy efficiency at all levels, but especially on the demand side. In other words: first reduce energy consumption, and only then seek to meet any excess of demand over supply – by means of the most efficient means of energy production possible, using high-efficiency fossil fuel technologies while increasing the share of renewables.”
The WORLD ENERGY DIALOGUE 2007 will be held from 17 to 19 April 2007 in conjunction with HANNOVER MESSE. The spotlight this year is on energy efficiency. The event will be chaired and moderated by Professor Klaus Töpfer.
This year’s speakers include Federation of German Industries (BDI) President Jürgen R. Thumann, German Federal Minister of Economics and Technology Michael Glos, US Ambassador William R. Timken, Russian Energy Minister Viktor Christenko and Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Gueler.
The WORLD ENERGY DIALOGUE is organized and produced by the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and Deutsche Messe in association with the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi).
For furtherinformation: WORLD ENERGY DIALOGUE website • Consolidating Germany’s wind-energy trade fair sector •
Complete array of energy technology
Power Plant Technology marks a further important development in the display category “Energy” at HANNOVER MESSE.
As part of the continuous development of the HANNOVER MESSE portfolio, “Energy 2008” will include a new display category devoted to power plant technology. The goal is to present the latest technologies and innovative concepts for the future power generation market.
The demand for energy is increasing all over the globe. In Europe and overseas numerous conventional power stations are already on the drawing board, alongside gigantic modernization programs for existing installations.
The aim is to meet increasing demand and at the same time maximize energy efficiency and minimize environmental impact. This is especially relevant to the booming economic regions, where energy demand is spiralling. Here there is a need for highly efficient large-scale power stations that use the complete range of fuels and energy sources.
The impact of climate change and the spiralling cost of extracting conventional fuels have given a strong boost to renewable energy. Wind power plays a pivotal role here, alongside hydroelectric power, solar energy, biomass and geothermal energy. At the same time there is a marked trend towards small and decentralized power plants.
Under the umbrella of HANNOVER MESSE “Power Plant Technology” will augment the existing flagship fairs “Energy” and “Pipeline Technology”. The spotlight will be on centralized and decentralized power generation concepts, as well as on conventional and renewable energy sources.
Energy trade fair at HANNOVER MESSE
International Energy tradeshow to focus on wind energy and distributed energy systems in alternate years, starting in 2007 • New partnerships to expand Renewables category at HANNOVER MESSE • Strategic alliance in tradeshow landscape for the wind energy sector: HUSUMwind and HANNOVER MESSE aiming for industry-wide solution
The Energy tradeshow at the HANNOVER MESSE industrial trade fair has been specially revamped for the 2007 season (16 to 20 April). Now known as the Leading Trade Fair for Renewable and Conventional Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Utility Management, the Energy show focuses on technical solutions and strategies for efficient energy production, transmission and use. The tradeshow program features technologies for the energy mix of the future, including both conventional and renewable energy sources.
As part of the revamp, the Energy show will have different main display categories in alternate years. This year, as in all future odd years, the central theme will be wind energy, while in 2008, and in all future even years, the main focus will be on distributed energy systems. The other areas of renewables technology, such as solar and geothermal energy, will continue to feature at each year’s Energy show.
VDMA Power Systems, the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) and the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) are wholeheartedly in favor of this new format.
Thorsten Herdan, President, VDMA Power Systems: “Germany’s wind energy industry is rapidly picking up steam in international markets, with 15,000 megawatts of new German-made wind turbine capacity installed around the globe in 2006 alone. That same year, German manufacturers achieved 15 billion euros in sales of new turbines worldwide – a 32 percent increase on 2005. Germany has captured a huge share of global worldwide wind energy industry growth, with German mechanical engineering firms leveraging around 40 percent of total worldwide sales from units made here in Germany. The export business is steadily growing in importance for turbine manufacturers and their suppliers. HANNOVER MESSE’s international Energy tradeshow is therefore of critical importance to the sector. VDMA Power Systems is working closely with Deutsche Messe to develop the Energy tradeshow's wind energy platform into a wind energy tradeshow in its own right, held in odd-numbered years.”
German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) President Johannes Lackmann: “The renewables industry is currently enjoying a worldwide boom. Germany last year exported about six billion euros worth of renewable energy plant and equipment, and this year exports are set to climb to around eight billion euros. The total global market for renewables is currently pushing close to the 100-billion-US-dollar mark on the back of strong growth in the USA, Europe and Asia. As the world’s biggest industrial trade fair, HANNOVER MESSE has the potential to become the global hub of this market. Strengthening the ‘Renewables’ display category at the fair is the key to achieving this.”
In 2007, the Energy tradeshow’s No. 1 priority is to help German providers of wind energy technology attain as strong an international profile as possible. The German wind energy industry is the world leader on a market that is growing in leaps and bounds. German Wind Energy Association (BWE) Vice-President Hermann Albers: “Germany still leads the world in the wind energy sector. In 2006, Germany’s installed wind capacity topped the 20,000-megawatt mark by a considerable margin. The wind energy industry thus already generates 5.7 percent of Germany’s total energy requirements. The domestic market is still extremely important for the industry. Looking ahead, offshore wind generation is set to grow steadily in importance alongside onshore generation. Here, too, German companies will be world leaders in the provision of the necessary technology. It therefore makes perfect sense for the local wind energy industry and the organizer of the world's largest industrial trade fair to work together more closely.”
Because it is the world’s leading technology trade fair, HANNOVER MESSE is an ideal platform for wind energy manufacturers to make direct contact with a wide international customer audience and show just how well they stack up against the international competition. The Energy tradeshow is the only event to showcase the competitive strength of wind energy right alongside other energy production technologies in the presence of such a large international energy-sector audience; and HANNOVER MESSE is the only trade fair capable of putting the wind energy industry in such direct contact with all the other leading international industrial sectors.
HANNOVER MESSE (the Hannover Fair) is also the perfect setting for high-level summits on key aspects of economic and energy policy. One of these, this year’s World Energy Dialogue, runs from 17 to 19 April. The World Energy Dialogue is HANNOVER MESSE’s central energy summit, bringing together high-caliber industrial, R&D, energy, and government experts and sending crucial policy signals to the international industrial and commercial sectors. The Energy show’s new format means that the wind energy industry and the wider renewables industry will this year be able to enjoy direct synergies with the World Energy Dialogue.
One of the fruits of the steadily growing partnership between Messe Husum, organizer of Schleswig-Holstein-based wind energy tradeshow HUSUMwind, and Deutsche Messe is that the two are currently working together on a broad-based solution for consolidating Germany’s wind-energy trade fair sector. The two are currently in the midst of serious negotiations on a possible change to HUSUMwind’s biennial cycle. Under the proposed change, HUSUMwind would switch from the odd years to the even years, starting in 2008, so that it would alternate with the flagship wind-energy display category at HANNOVER MESSE’s Energy tradeshow.
The aim is to consolidate Germany’s existing offering of wind energy-themed tradeshows. Technology leaders would then be able to use Hannover’s horizontally integrated industry focus to showcase their wind energy solutions to a wide international industry audience and global markets, while HUSUMwind, the leading wind energy trade fair, would continue to offer its unrivalled vertical focus on the entire international wind energy value chain, not to mention its unique “festival” atmosphere.
Clean Moves Expo – Hannover, 16-20 April 2007
Bioethanol is one of the highlights of “Clean Moves Expo” at HANNOVER MESSE 2007 • Innovative mobility technology will pave the way to sustained growth beyond the transport sector
Under the patronage of Germany’s Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel, “Clean Moves Expo” will present energy- and fuel efficient technologies in a global context under the umbrella of the world’s leading industry show. From 16 to 20 April 2007 carmakers, fuel producers, component suppliers and investors will come together at “Clean Moves Expo” to swap know-how about market-ready products – with special emphasis on drive systems (hybrid, natural gas, electric), biogas, ethanol and synthetic biofuels (e.g. biobutanol).
According to the German Economic Research Institute, climate change will cost the German economy in the region of EUR 800 billion between now and 2050. Innovative mobility technology will provide the basis for sustained growth beyond the boundaries of the transport sector.
“Combating climate change is one of the most important tasks facing us this century. However, we should not see climate change solely as a threat. Instead we must exploit the opportunities inherent in a third industrial revolution – a revolution centred on the efficient utilization of energy and natural resources. This applies to the transport sector in particular,” Gabriel emphasizes.
The international market for ethanol fuels and related production facilities is booming. This fact will be reflected directly in the exhibitor line-up at “Clean Moves Expo”. “With a total output of 38.8 million cubic metres in 2006, ethanol currently ranks as the world’s number one biofuel. We expect dynamic growth in the European bioethanol market,” explains Dr. Lutz Guderjahn, who sits on the Board of CropEnergies AG (one of the “Clean Moves Expo” exhibitors). The Südzucker CropEnergies Group has subsidiaries in Germany, France and Belgium. Within just a few years the company has established a strong foothold in the burgeoning ethanol market and currently operates Europe’s largest bioethanol production plant. CropEnergies sees itself as a pioneer in Germany and is intent on carving out a strong market position throughout Europe.
Volkswagen – one of the largest exhibitors at “Clean Moves Expo” – will be presenting new “Sunfuel” technologies as well as important innovations in the field of synthetic fuels.
The “Clean Moves Conference” will centre on a range of key issues, including New Mobility, Innovative Drive Systems and Alternative Fuels. It has been organized by Deutsche Messe, Halo Energy and the Hannover Regional Climate Protection Agency. The list of speakers includes high-ranking representatives of the international automobile and fuel industries, as well as Walter Hirche (Lower Saxony’s Minister of Economics) and Hauke Jagau (Hannover’s Regional President). The conference takes place in Hall 13 on 18 and 19 April. The program also includes a number of workshops staged by exhibitors.
The international oil giant BP will number among the contributors to the “Clean Move Conference”. In the words of BP’s Group Managing Director John A. Manzoni: “Our goal must be to raise fuel efficiency and cut emissions. In other words, we need higher performance and lower exhaust emissions.
In the year 2050 there will be two billion vehicles on the road. These will need to travel twice as far per litre of fuel compared with present-day vehicles.” In the coming ten years BP is committed to investing $1 billion in order to enhance its strong position in the biofuel market. The company forecasts that biofuels will account for a market share of between 20 and 30 percent by 2030.
Private cars make up a significant proportion of transportation-related CO2 emissions. In the words of Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel: “We need binding regulations in order to achieve our CO2 reduction goals. In particular, we need to create tax incentives for highly efficient propulsion systems. In addition, we are attaching top priority to biofuels. We aim to increase their share to more than 6.75 percent by 2010.”
Energy efficiency a recurrent theme at HANNOVER MESSE 2007
“In its role is the world’s leading industrial technology show, HANNOVER MESSE 2007 will focus on energy efficiency as a key issue affecting all sectors. Under the umbrella of the ‘Energy’ trade show, ‘Clean Moves Expo’ will function as a central platform for alternative drive systems, efficient mobility solutions and biofuels. It will be the perfect complement to the exhibit line-up at MDA, the world’s largest power transmission and control fair, part of this year’s HANNOVER MESSE line-up,” explains Wolfgang Pech, the Senior Vice-President responsible for HANNOVER MESSE.
“Clean Moves Expo” is sponsored by IKB Industriebank, Düsseldorf, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, Palo Alto. For further information: CleanMoves.
WORLD ENERGY DIALOGUE 2007 – Hannover, 17-19 April
WORLD ENERGY DIALOGUE of the HANOVER FAIR provides crucial energy policy impulses ahead of the coming G8 summit • Energy efficiency to boost investments and technological progress
As the main HANOVER FAIR 2007 congress, the WORLD ENERGY DIALOGUE (WED) placed key technologies as well as policy frameworks and market conditions on center stage to increase energy efficiency internationally. The WORLD ENERGY DIALOGUE 2007 was organized under the patronage of the Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology (BMWi), the Association German Industry (BDI) and Deutsche Messe Hannover from 17-19 of April.
Ones again leading international decission makers from industry, the financial world and senior policy makers gathered at the WORLD ENERGY DIALOGUE in Hannover to discuss in the direct surroundings of the world largest industrial trade show urgent energy efficiency tasks, and to send out impulses to international markets and the industry.
"We aim beyond the level of the European Union at an intensified international cooperation and cross-linking with industry and the developing countries. To be very clear on this, in a globalized world isolated solutions will probably fail. This is a key issue that we will continue to address also during our current G8 presidency”, underlined Michael Glos, Federal Minister for Economics and Technology.
Improved energy efficiency will help to protect the global climate and to provide security of supply. Energy costs and thus the ability to save significant amounts of energy, will emerge in the near future as key factors for major investment decisions. The existance of entire industries and industrial regions will depend also on energy efficiency capabilities there. Thus energy efficiency was chosen as the umbrella theme of the entire Hannover trade fair.
"Clearly, this successful congress right at the center of a vibrant, leading global industrial trade fair, underlines how much the vital topics of climate change, security of supply and energy efficiency affect us all. At the same time we can however take some optimism home. As the WORLD ENERGY DIALOGUE made quite clear that we have the tools, the technologies and the know-how to develop long-term strategies for climate protection. Industry has the solutions and products for a sustainable power supply", said Sepp. D Heckmann, Chairman of Deutsche Messe Hannover.
Studies show that the German industry alone has a energy saving potential of of 20 to 40 Mrd. a KW/H. The International Energy Agency (IEA) in its latest World Energy Outlook estimates an investment demand for world-wide energy markets of approximately 20,000 billion US $ for the period from 2005 until 2030. Other industrialized countries have similar potential; the potential of the USA is even much higher. Also the modernization process of the Eastern European markets offers significant opportunities.
Alongside with the WED an "Energy Efficiency Award" was presented for the first time. (see below)
Hannover Messe 2007 -WED
The prizes were presented by Federal Minister Glos during the opening event of the World Energy Dialogue on 17 April 2007, with 10,000 euros awarded to the winner. The runners up received 6,000 and 4,000 euros respectively.
1st Prize: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
Weidmüller is the leading provider of solutions for the transmission of energy, signals and data in an industrial environment.
When re-building and extending the electro-plating department, the previous means of heating the galvanic baths using an immersion heater was replaced by a natural gas-fired condensing cogeneration (CHP) plant which provides heat and electricity throughout the year. The financing, erection and operation of the CHP plant was carried out under a contracting model. Replacing the electrical heating for the galvanic baths will save the company around 775,000 kWh of electricity each year. The heat generated by the CHP plant is also being used to provide hot water, and it was possible to reduce the fuel required for space heating by around 70% by installing a heat recovery plant and using waste heat from the hardening furnace and compressor station. As a result, annual energy costs were lowered by around 160,000 euros.
The jury had a very positive opinion of Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG’s comprehensive and imaginative technical concept. The high energy and cost savings achieved as a result of the energy efficiency measures, linked as they are to the introduction of the CHP plant using a contracting model, have resulted in a solution which is exceptionally attractive from an economic point of view: in only four months the company’s 50,000 euro investment has paid for itself, with a very handsome return on investment of over 300%.
2nd Prize: Paderborner Brauerei Haus Cramer GmbH
Paderborner Brauerei runs a modern brewery with 94 employees in the German town of Paderborn. Its products include a variety of beers, malt drinks and soft drinks.
The jurors praised the systematic approach made by this competition entry to the optimization of the energy efficiency of the compressed air system in the brewery: Using instrumented analyses, energy consumption to date was calculated and at the same time the actual pressure and amounts required by each stage of the process determined. This comparison made it possible to draw up and implement an adapted, optimized compressed air concept. Following a systematic energy audit, Paderborner Brauerei Haus Cramer combined its compressed air systems, which had previously been run separately, reduced both the pressure level and the pressure tolerances, and installed a higher-level, consumption-driven compressor controller and a variable speed compressor providing a high degree of compression. In all, the combination of these measures reduced the electricity used to generate compressed air by around 50%, lowering the cost of providing compressed air by a considerable 55,000 euros per annum. The investment required for these optimization measures amounted to 63,000 euros, resulting in excellent benchmark figures for the cost-effectiveness of implementation: a repayment period of a little over a year and a return of 90%.
The implementation of the operational energy efficiency measures was based strictly on the principle of a unified system and was successful in optimizing the complete compressed air system from generation and distribution through to consumption. This exemplary approach made a considerable increase in efficiency and great cost savings possible.
3rd Prize: Metro Group Asset Management Services GmbH GmbH
METRO Group Asset Management has around 1,000 employees and runs over 650 commercial properties, mainly as retail outlets. The Walzmühle property in Ludwigshafen is one of the company’s medium-sized shopping centres, with 25 different stores.
An energy audit discovered that the building technology systems in Ludwigshafen, which were taken over in 1999, were considerably over-sized and that the control systems needed overhauling. A variety of measures were used to put an optimized energy concept into place. The measures implemented included the conversion of the ventilation system, which had previously used outdoor air only, to a mixed air system, including adaptation and regulation of the amount of incoming and outgoing air for the different areas in the building based on actual ventilation requirements. At the same time the district heating was decoupled for the generation of hot water and heating. These measures, which required investments of around 230,000 euros, resulted in energy savings of 800,000 kWh electricity and 1.7 million kWh district heating, which is equivalent to cost savings of 200,000 euros per annum. The repayment period thus amounts to 1.1 years, with a return on investment of almost 90%.
Further information: www.industrie-energieeffizienz.de
“This highly topical dialogue of international experts and key decision makers at the WORLD ENERGY DIALOGUE highlighted the necessity to think and work more strongly in a joined up way. In order to leverage from the enourmous energy efficiency potential, industry must co-operate across sector boundaries. Energy efficiency is the key for significant investments in innovative technologies, process management and infrastructures”, emphasized the president of the Association of German Industry, Jürgen R. Thumann. •
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